Key Industrial Trend AI Transformation
A research report was released at the end of December 2024 that discussed a key industrial trend: AI transformation. It also brought forth other trends as well including the supply chain, mergers & acquisitions, cybersecurity and a couple more. However, let’s discuss a bit more of what the report had to say. It stressed how the industrial industry will be “shifting toward enterprise-wide AI strategies to improve operational efficiency and maintain competitiveness.” Moving toward the AI technology, if done right, should bring manufacturing, warehouse, logistics and distribution centers a new way to save when it comes to static costs. Let’s take a look at one aspect of AI transformation with forklift safety.
From Old to New Forklift Safety: The AI Transformation
We all want to say old forklift safety, but the truth is, is that it still exists today with the use of manual forklift checklist inspections, blue lights, or maybe the RFID technology where some people forget to put on their special badge or vest. As we can see from the OSHA data, forklift fatalities and injuries continue to thrive. The forklift issue just moves up one in the top 10 list, or down on in the top 10 list, always hovering in the top 5. This basically means we’ve maxed out all that we can do with the technology that we have today. This is where the AI transformation can come in and help with forklift safety.
Digital Forklift Checklist Inspections
Transforming from paper based forklift inspections to digital brings critical data to make decisions. However, the process can go from pencil whipping to digital whipping. That’s why you need to use the special feature of randomization. Randomizing the questions and even changing the questions around a bit works to keep them on their toes when answering. If the forklift fails inspection because of answering it too quickly, their behaviors will change. When it actually does fail, it’s for real. Now take the data from the answers, and you can perform better prescriptive forklift maintenance and preventative maintenance. These two actions will allow you to better care for the forklifts with the goal of extending their 5-year lifespan. Ask us for a demo of the Dashboard so you can experience for yourself how you can make instant decisions with real-time data.
AI Pedestrian and Object Detection
This is where the real magic happens and can make a significant impact when it comes to forklift accidents and injuries. Our AI forklift safety system has the learned capabilities and expertise to know what a human is and what an object is and can identify the difference between the two. Even if the person is bending, stooping, or behind a box and only thing that shows is a finger or the tip of a boot. It knows. That’s the power of AI for forklift safety.
After it identifies the person or object, it immediately warns the driver that a person or object is within its path of movement and to take action with audio and visual alerts. This is where injuries are avoided, fatalities make their way to zero, and line item damages begin to go away and become a thing of the past.
Let’s hope that the Key Industrial Trend: AI Transformation is adopted and implemented within the facility to make forklift safety go completely off of the charts and become extinct.
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